Snark Free Corner for 2/11

I was going to write some lovely things here about how awesome Steve Gerber was as a comic creator, but then I recalled that Greg Hatcher did a piece on the blog about Gerber that even Steve Gerber himself was touched by, so I figure it makes more sense to link you to Greg’s words.

For myself, I will just add that Gerber’s legacy, to me, was as a writer who always sought out the weirdness of the universe, but only as an expression of human nature itself, and the strange complexities that make up humanity, so that a comic about a talking duck could be one of the most human stories ever told in comics.

Steve Gerber will be missed.

COVER THEME GAME

As always, here is the game. I show three covers. They all have something in common, whether it be a character, a trait all three characters share, locale, creator, SOMEthing. And it isn’t something obvious like “They all have prices!” “They all have logos!” “They all feature a man!” etc.

In addition, please note that you must have some familiarity with comic book history to correctly guess these comics. You cannot guess the connective theme just by looking at the covers solely, you must have some knowledge beyond just the covers.

A cool point to the first person to figure it out!

Good luck!

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SNARK FREE CHALLENGE

What is Steve Gerber’s greatest comic creation?

GERBER COVER GALLERY

Here are some covers of classic Gerber comic runs, to show you how versatile the man was, and how much of an impact he had on comics….

STEVE GERBER TRIBUTE

A nice thing about the comic blogosphere is that Steve Gerber really seemed to get his due when the blogosphere came about. Before then, it seemed like Gerber was short changed a bit, in the credit department.

Perhaps the most significant tribute to Gerber came from plok’s multi-blogger tribute to Steve Gerber, “Seven Soldiers of Steve.”